International Union of Wood, Wire and Metal Lathers
# International Union of Wood, Wire and Metal Lathers

The International Union of Wood, Wire and Metal Lathers (WWML) was a labor union representing workers involved in erecting lath, plasterboard and flooring in the United States and Canada.

## History

The union was established on December 15, 1899, at a congress in Detroit, and it was chartered by the American Federation of Labor on January 15, 1900. It had 17,000 members by 1925. In 1955, it switched affiliation to the new AFL-CIO, and by 1957, it had 16,500 members. Membership in 1975 was slightly lower, at 14,428. On August 16, 1979, it merged into the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America.

## Presidents

    1899: Edward J. Bracken
    1900:
    1903: J. E. Toale
    1904: William J. McSorley
    1926: John H. Bell
    1929: William J. McSorley
    1955: Lloyd A. Mashburn
    1964: Sal Maso
    1970: Robert Georgine
    1971: Kenneth M. Edwards
    1976: Charles Brodeur
